Coldred, Kent Weather
About Coldred, Kent
Coldred occupies a high, chalky ridge that catches the salt-tinctured winds sweeping in from the English Channel. It lies 4.3 miles north-west of Dover (from Dover: bearing 321°T, OS grid TR 269 469), and is situated north of Lydden village. The land here rises firmly, defined by the dry valleys and open, expansive fields that characterise this corner of the Kent Downs. A short walk from the centre, the earth mounds of the Ringwork and Bailey at Coldred Court suggest a long-held human patience, holding the quiet memory of medieval fortification beneath a blanket of turf. Further south, the Lydden and Temple Ewell Downs SSSI provide a sanctuary for chalk-loving flora, where orchids and rare grasses thrive in the thin, pale soil. The light in Coldred often possesses a sharp, clean clarity, sharpening the silhouettes of distant hedgerows against the pale sky. Centuries of agricultural practice have smoothed the contours of the fields, turning the landscape into a series of rhythmic, sloping pastures. Coldred remains a place of quiet endurance, where the stillness of the high ground is broken only by the sudden, low flight of a kestrel or the shifting shadows of passing clouds.
Flight conditions near Coldred. Data source: locating…
Live animated radar for Coldred and surroundings — RainViewer.
EUMETSAT Meteosat imagery over the British Isles — updated every 15 minutes.
About This Coldred, Kent Weather Page
This page provides live weather conditions and forecasts for Coldred, Kent, England, including current conditions, a 24-hour hourly forecast, 7-day outlook, real-time aviation weather (METAR and TAF reports from the nearest reporting airport), precipitation radar and Meteosat satellite imagery. Public safety alerts are sourced from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS), covering wind, rain, snow, ice, fog, thunderstorm and extreme heat warnings. Coastal tide gauge readings are sourced from the Environment Agency National Tide Gauge Network in near real-time (15-minute updates), with marine wave and sea surface temperature data from the Open-Meteo Marine API. Soil temperature, soil moisture and evapotranspiration data are provided for agricultural planning in this village. Live river level data is sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring API. All data updates automatically on every page visit.
Location data for Coldred includes coordinates 51.17653, 1.245594, in the county of Kent, England. Times are shown in local UK time (GMT in winter, BST in summer). A street and satellite map of Coldred is available on the Coldred map page, and forecasts for neighbouring towns are listed on the Kent weather hub.
Weather data is sourced from the Met Office and the open-source Open-Meteo API, whose ensemble includes the Met Office UKMO model. Severe weather warnings come from the Met Office National Severe Weather Warning Service (NSWWS). River level and tidal data are sourced from the Environment Agency Flood Monitoring and National Tide Gauge Network APIs. Aviation data is sourced from aviationweather.gov, with a modelled estimate shown where no reporting station is in range. Radar is provided by RainViewer and satellite imagery by EUMETSAT. All data updates automatically on every page visit.